Epidithiodiketopiperazine biosynthesis: A four-enzyme cascade converts glutathione conjugates into transannular disulfide bridges.

Scharf DH, Chankhamjon P, Scherlach K, Heinekamp T, Willing K, Brakhage AA, Hertweck C (2013) Epidithiodiketopiperazine biosynthesis: A four-enzyme cascade converts glutathione conjugates into transannular disulfide bridges. Angew Chem Int Ed 52(42), 11092-11095.

Abstract

Enzyme quartet: Isolation of the first sulfur-bearing intermediate of the gliotoxin pathway in Aspergillus fumigatus and successful in vitro conversion of the bisglutathione adduct into an intact epidithiodiketopiperazine by a four-enzyme cascade (including glutamyltransferase GliK and dipeptidase GliJ) revealed an outstanding adaptation of a primary metabolic pathway into natural product biosynthesis that is widespread in fungi.

Leibniz-HKI-Authors

Axel A. Brakhage
Pranatchareeya Chankhamjon
Thorsten Heinekamp
Christian Hertweck
Daniel H. Scharf
Karsten Willing

Identifier

doi: 10.1002/anie.201305059

PMID: 24039048